Connor, Daniel F. 1953-

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CONNOR, Daniel F. 1953-

PERSONAL:

Born February 9, 1953; married Sara N. B. Connor (a nurse), October 4, 1981; children: Charlotte N. B., David Anderson. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Columbia University, B.A., 1976; Northwestern University, M.D., 1982.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave. N., Worcester, MA 01655; fax: 508-856-6426. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Psychiatrist and educator. New England Medical Center Hospitals and Tufts university, Boston, MA, fellow in child psychiatry, 1985-87; University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, assistant professor, 1987-97, associate professor of psychiatry, 1997—, founder and director of pediatric psychopharmacology clinic, 1987-89, 1990—, director of pediatric psychopharmacology, 1994—, director of ambulatory child and adolescent psychiatry and codirector of research in child and adolescent psychiatry, both 2002—. Westboro State Hospital, medical director of Acute Adolescent Unit, 1987-89; Wing Memorial Hospital, consulting psychiatrist, 1989-90; Devereux Foundation, consulting psychiatrist in Rutland, MA, 1990-2003, member of national medical advisory board, 1996-2002; Worcester Youth Guidance Center, consulting psychiatrist, 1989-97. New England Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, member of board of directors, 1998-2000; Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, member of clinical advisory board, 2000-01; New England Partnership for Appropriate Psychoactive Medication Prescribing, member, 2002—; member of pharmaceutical industry advisory boards and industry speakers' bureaus.

MEMBER:

International Society for Research on Aggression, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New England Society for Research on Aggression.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Grants from Richwood Pharmaceuticals, Glaxo Wellcome, Eli Lilly and Co., Shire Laboratories, Devereux Institute for Clinical Training and Research, Boston Life Sciences, Cephalon, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., and AstraZeneca.

WRITINGS:

Aggression and Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents: Research and Treatment, Guilford Press (New York, NY), 2002.

Contributor to books, including Understanding Aggressive Behavior in Children, edited by C. F. Ferris and T. Grisso, New York Academy of Sciences Press (New York, NY), 1996; Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment, edited by R. A. Barkley, revised edition, Guilford Press (New York, NY), 1998; Practitioners Guide to Psychoactive Drugs for Children and Adults, edited by J. S. Werry and M. G. Aman, 2nd edition, Plenum Publishing (New York, NY), 1999; The Neurobiology of Autism, edited by M. L. Bauman and T. L. Kemper, 2nd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press (Baltimore, MD), 2004; and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: From Genes to Patients, edited by D. Gozal and D. L. Molfese, Humana Press (Totowa, NJ), 2005.

Contributor to medical journals, including Aggressive Behavior, Behavioural Brain Research, Biological Psychiatry, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Evidence-based Mental Health, Journal of Attention Disorders, Clinical Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, Physiology and Behavior, and Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Corrections Compendium, February, 2002, Anne M. Nelsen, review of Aggression and Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents: Research and Treatment, p. 23.

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, August, 2003, Winona Chua, review of Aggression and Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents, p. 291.

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